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2. I liked his portrayal of a country hayseed as good-natured and genial, rather than backward and vicious.

Mon Jun 17, 2024, 09:42 AM

Jun 2024

His hilarious Southern malapropisms had the ring of truth. I grew up around proper-English-mangling Southerners.

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